How to get rid of ticks?
Last week I found this really ugly looking beetle – then about 3 days ago I found a tick that my son picked up when outside playing. Then the next day my husband tells me that he found a "full"tick (which was the same as the ugly beetle I found) – then today I found another "full tick" on the wall.
All of our animals (two cats and one dog) are on prevention – but I have also just bathed them all and re applied the prevention & sprayed the carpet with flea and tick killer – where are these things coming from and who/what are they feeding on?
I haven’t seen one on any of the pets – they are all on Advantage/K-9 Advantix. Most of the ticks we are finding are crawling in the house full of blood…..
I need to figure out how they are getting in the house – to keep them from getting in and how do I kill them now that they are in here?
I have friends who use chickens, they eat the ticks and it really works!
LOL I agree, ticks are from hell. But you can pick them up just by walking by grass and trees. They jump on you, but most take a while to "dig in" so after you and your pets go for a walk, check yourselves! Especially hair, under arms, and um . . . cozy places that are hard to reach.
As far a preventing them, I would highly recommend Frontline for your pets. This worked miracles for my dog, who picked up several tick a week. I never saw one after I applied Frontline. Get it from your vet, though. The stuff at the pet stores is not guarenteed by the company, and is being sold illegally. Most good flea products are only available from a vet.
We use methylated spirits to get rid of the ticks on humans (haven’t tried it on dogs yet). You pour it on to the tick and it seems to kill them (takes about 5 or so minutes) and makes pulling them out easy. As to where they come from, I say "hell", and they feed on your blood.
3 products that actually work…..frontline plus(also kills fleas and their eggs), killtix (which is made by advantage but only kills ticks) and advantix which also takes care mosquitos, and fleas but I found it doesnt work that well on the fleas but does on the ticks.